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HOUSE BILL 2442 |
HOUSE AUTHOR: Goodman et al. |
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EFFECTIVE: 9-1-99 |
SENATE SPONSOR: Wentworth |
House Bill 2442 amends provisions of the Family Code and the Local Government Code to require a county clerk to distribute a premarital education handbook provided by the office of the attorney general to all applicants for a marriage license. The act provides that each person applying for a marriage license be encouraged to attend a four-hour premarital education course during the year preceding application for the license and prescribes certain criteria for the course. The county clerk is authorized to maintain a list of providers who meet the requirements for instructing the course.
House Bill 2442 creates a family trust fund to pay for publication of the premarital education handbook and certain other family assistance programs. The act increases the fee for a marriage license from $25 to $30 and directs that $3 of the fee be used to create the family trust fund.